Cogeneration System Principles and Practice Seminar
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Before purchasing, review the rules of your licensing or certifying entity. It is your responsibility to confirm this course meets your CE requirements. See the credit tab on the course page for details.
What’s Included: Full webinar recording, written course materials, expert instruction, a mandatory quiz, and a certificate upon completion.
Deliverability Timeline: All courses are generally available within 1-2 weeks after the live presentation.
CE Credits: AIA and/or LA/CES accreditation is available by request for courses recorded prior to March 11, 2026. All courses after that date include those accreditations by default, if applicable. With these accreditations, our courses qualify for credit in nearly all states for engineers, surveyors, architects, and landscape architects.
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Agenda
Registration: 8:00 – 8:30 am
Morning Session: 8:30 – 11:45 am
Lunch (On your own): 11:45 am – 12:45 pm
Afternoon Session: 12:45 – 4:30 pm
Understanding the Environmental and Economic
Benefits of Cogeneration
Separate heat and power vs. cogeneration
History of cogeneration in Europe and the United States
Environmental benefits of cogeneration
Economics of CHP
Science of cogeneration
Laws, Regulations and Building Codes Impacting Cogeneration
Federal, state and local environmental regulations
Utility regulations
Permitting process
Building code considerations
Impact on LEED and other sustainable certifications
Considering Cogeneration Technologies
Gas turbines
Steam turbines
Microturbines
Reciprocating engines
Fuel cells
Biomass applications
Resolving Impediments to Cogeneration
Utility treatment of cogeneration
Interconnection considerations
Limitations of available technologies
Capital costs and financing
Making the Move to Cogeneration:
Analysis, Modeling and Case Studies
Understanding existing pre-cogeneration conditions
Performing load analysis
Selecting a prime mover
Modeling performance
Financial modeling
• Capital costs
• Operation and maintenance expense
• Return on investment, lifecycle analysis
• Financial incentives
Analyzing public and private case studies
Credits
Architects
6.5 CE Hours
6.5 AIA HSW Learning Units
Professional Engineers
6.5 CPC Credits/PDHs
Contractors
Non-Credit Continuing Ed.
Continuing Education Credit Information
This seminar is open to the public and offers up to 6.5 continuing education hours to architects and 6.5 CPC credits/PDHs to professional engineers in all states. HalfMoon Education is an approved continuing education provider for New Jersey engineers (Approval No. 24GP00000700).
This event has been approved by the American Institute of Architects for 6.5 HSW Learning Units (Provider No. J885). Courses approved by the AIA qualify for New Jersey architects.
HalfMoon Education is an approved continuing education sponsor for architects in Florida and is deemed an approved sponsor in New York. HalfMoon Education is an approved continuing education sponsor for engineers in Florida, Indiana, Louisiana, Maryland, New York (NYSED Sponsor No. 35), North Carolina, and North Dakota.
This seminar also offers a non-credit continuing education opportunity to contractors; it has not been approved in any state which has a contractor continuing education requirement.
Attendance will be monitored, and attendance certificates will be available after the seminar for most individuals who complete the entire event. Attendance certificates not available at the seminar will be mailed to participants within fifteen business days.
Speakers
Andrew Larkin, P.E., C.E.M.
Vice President Engineering and Project Management, Facilities and Building Services at Veolia North America, New York, NYMr. Larkin manages a team responsible for providing expertise on or providing the technical solutions to wide ranging energy projects, including simple cycle and combined cycle cogeneration plants, central heating and cooling facilities, renewable energy projects, and others. He also has managed the engineering of several energy projects from development through start up, commissioning and performance testing. Mr. Larkin earned his B.A. degree in English from Franklin and Marshall College, his B.S.M.E. degree and M.S. degree in Engineering Management from Drexel University, and has been involved in the energy business for over 34 years. Veolia is the world’s leading provider of environmental solutions – dedicated to customized, cost-effective solutions that reflect best practices, environmental protection and a better quality of life. Veolia’s vision is to solve complex challenges in water, waste, and energy, in order to shape a more sustainable world.